CVE-2010-4259
Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CHARSET_REGISTRY header in a
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CHARSET_REGISTRY header in a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-12-07 01:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6caa40d7551e1f166297d554fc058d2e080ea0f6b9601f3375cc52470cb10d10
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com45162http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45162
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20101202 Re: CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file headerhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537
- www.debian.orgDSA-2253http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-18577http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052219.html
- secunia.com42577http://secunia.com/advisories/42577
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-18573http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052201.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20101202 CVE Request -- FontForge: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing specially-crafted CHARSET_REGISTRY font file headerhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359
- www.exploit-db.com15732http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3200http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fontforge Fixed in 0.0.20100501-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fontforge Fixed in 0.0.20100501-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fontforge Fixed in 0.0.20100501-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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